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At home in a tiny Normandie chateau whilst truffling out vintage treasures....

mercredi 21 mai 2014

The threads of time.....

At the brocante at the weekend I found a huge brown paper parcel tied with paper string that contained the most wonderful batches of linen thread. All unused and with the maker`s labels....delicieux!

At the bottom of the bag was a batch of letters and cards all written from a German Jewish clothing company or factory owner in Liverpool to Monsieur Louis Leffray at his mill in Coulaines.Written in the late 1930s the letters are very evocative of a time of great worry and unrest as the war began to unfold.If you click on the images they should become larger on another page for you.

Just one of the letters for you to read.

I am hoping to find a member of the Baruch family to whom I can pass the letters.A la prochaine mes bellesxxxx

7 commentaires:

Gosh Shirley this letter is poignant and amazing and so real, I can almost hear the words being spoken and feel the concern and need of this good and kind man to help.Thank you so much for printing this letter, I am so glad you found it and it wasn't lost forever and discarded.Lynn xxx

Well done Shirley for publishing these letters. the back story is unimaginable. I wonder what became of the people mentioned etc. Hope the letters find a way to some of the family , that would be special. Those linen threads are a find too. I have some of those threads. I wonder what do people do with it?